Happy Mother's Day! I just gave my mother a framed photograph which she loved, and I made her waffles for breakfast! Have a great day for all of you mothers out there!

*Hero's Reward (starring my OC)*

Pam watched in horror as the giant stone wolf ran towards her. Of all the missions she had to go on, why did it have to involve an animal that won't listen to her just because it's a living statue and not an animal?! She can tell that she's dead meat, especially when she has her ankle caught in a bear trap. She shut her eyes and braced herself for the final blow…

SMASH! Hearing the sudden noise, she shot her eyes open and turned. Standing between her and the blown back statue is Pythor, holding his staff up like a sword. The scarf flapping in the wind like a superhero's scarf brought out his glowing head-gem. He then turned to Pam.

"Pamela," he asked, "are you alright?"

"Uh, besides my ankle, yeah," she answered, awed at his heroic action. He then looked down at the bear trap and poked it with the glowing end of his staff, breaking it into two pieces in a nano-second before lowering himself to her level.

"Don't worry," he said to her in a loving tone. "We'll get it fixed up." Pam was about to respond when she saw the stone wolf standing behind him in anger.

"PYTHOR, LOOK OUT!" Not bothering to look behind him, the Anacondrai grabbed her and ducked down with her just as the stone creature swiped his paw over their heads. Pythor then spun around quickly and shot another spell out of his staff and under the creatures jaw in an uppercut, knocking him back again before he held his dream girl closer to him.

"Hold onto my neck," he instructed, "and whatever happens, don't let go." Finding this a bad time to be romantic, Pam reluctantly obeyed and wrapped her arms around his neck. His gem started to glow before black-and-gold wings appeared out of his back, making her eyes grow wide with surprise.

"What the—WHHOOOAAAAUUUGGH!" Pam screamed when the wings gave out a strong flap and shot them off the stone floor and out of the ruins in which she was fighting the stone wolf. She then held onto her hero's neck tightly and shut her eyes tightly as the two of them flew over the jungle and into safety by the river. After landing beside the bank, Pythor looked down at the Wind Ninja as his wings vanished.

"We're on the ground now, my dear damsel in distress," he said to her soothingly. She opened her eyes and saw that he was right before sighing a sigh of relief. She then looked up at Pythor.

"That magic stunt of your was just plain nuts," she stated. He simply laughed before setting her down onto a log.

"True," he replied as he performed a healing spell on her ankle, "but it was very effective." Pam shrugged in reply, knowing she can't argue with that and deciding not to complain. She was surprised when Pythor's tone suddenly became firm while looking up at her like a scolding parent.

"Just what were you doing out in those ruins all by yourself?" Pam blinked with realization before turning to her pack on her side. She then put her hand inside and sighed with relief as she pulled out a diamond wolf head.

"I was retrieving this," she explained, showing it to Pythor. He blinked with impressiveness but still stayed firm.

"It still doesn't explain your going off by yourself."

"Kai tricked me into going off by myself. Then again, he probably didn't know about the giant statue coming to life and attacking me."

…

"Remind to give that guy a severe sitting down when I get you home," he said. She rolled her eyes in amusement.

"Yeah, I'll make a note of that," she replied…right before she noticed a small red scar on his cheek just next to the corner of his mouth. "Omigosh! Pythor, you're hurt!"

"Huh?" he replied before touching his cheek. He winced a little when he touched the tiny wound.

"Must have been from when that wolf took a swing at us."

"Does it hurt that badly?"

"A little, but it's only a small scratch. It will heal up soon." Pam just smiled when an idea came to her head.

"Well, I know what will help it heal faster." Pythor gave her an arched eyebrow look.

"And what would that be?" His eyes went wide with surprise when she took his head into her hands with a loving look in her eyes.

"This." She then pressed her lips into the corner of his mouth, just over the scratch. She felt his face get warm with a blush but held back her smile the best she could a few more seconds before pulling away. She then smiled at him and his redder face.

"A hero's reward from his damsel in distress." Pythor then smiled back at her.

"I'm feeling better already."

*Prank Calls*

"Hello? Destiny's Bounty kitchen?"

"Hi, this is the appliance store where you have bought your refrigerator. We just want to know if it's running."

"Hold on; I'll check…Yes, it's running good."

"Then you better go catch it!" Lloyd then hung up the phone quickly before he and Pythor burst into laughter.

"Ohohoho, my goodness," Pythor laughed as he wiped a tear from his eye. "I can't believe Zane actually fell for that one!"

"I know," Lloyd chuckled. "It's practically the oldest trick in the book; you'd think he'd be smart enough to remember that one."

"I guess he never heard of prank calls before."

"Okay, okay," the boy said, handing the snake the receiver. "Your turn." Pythor took it and thought about which one to do.

"Oh, I have a good one," he said before dialing the number. He then listened to the ringtone for three to five seconds before someone answered it.

"Hello?" It's Kai. Oh, this is gonna be good…

"Listen here, pal! I don't care if you have freedom of speech! No one talks to my wife like that!"

"Huh? Wait, what are ya talking about?"

"You called my sister a wimp, ya creep!"

"But I don't know your sister!"

"If you so much as come near her again, I'll sick my Rottweiler on you and let him tear you apart! He's got good taste for blood!"

"Dude, seriously! You got the wrong guy! I would never call a woman a wimp!"

"That's not what you said about Nya," Jay said in the phone.

"Will ya shut up?! This guy's threatening to kill me here!" Pythor smirked at how freaked out Kai sounded.

"Wait, wait, wait…is this Eric Sleeze?"

"No, this is Kai, the Red Ninja of Fire! I've been trying to tell ya that!"

"Sorry, wrong number. Must have gotten the numbers mixed up again…have a nice day." Pythor hung up the phone, and he and Lloyd burst into laughter again, harder than last time. Lloyd practically fell off his seat and onto the floor.

"OMIGOHAHAHASH! THAT LAST PART WAS AWESOME!"

"I know," Pythor wheezed in between giggles. "Kai must be wanting a new pair of underwear right now!" They laughed a good ten seconds more before the phone itself rang, making them stop. Looking at each other and shrugging, they answered it with Pythor picking it up and holding the earpiece between his head and Lloyd's.

"Destiny's Bounty."

"Hi, I'm doing a survey for my class, and I'm wondering if you'd like to answer a few questions?" a woman's voice asked.

"Uh, of course, my friend and I would be happy to."

"Great. Okay, first question: Name three of your favorite pastimes."

"Well…I enjoy reading, chess, and fencing."

"I like video games, practicing Spinjitzu, and practical jokes," Lloyd added.

"Good. Okay, second question: Who is your favorite movie star?"

"Most certainly Sean Connery," Pythor answered with a smile.

"I don't know the name of the actor," Lloyd answered, "but I definitely loved him when he played Wolverine in X-Men."

"Oh, that would be Hugh Jackman, Lloyd."

"Very good. Last question: Do you like prank calls?"

"I enjoy them."

"You bet!"

"Then congratulations, boys," the voice replied, this time behind them. "You just got punked." The two of them spun around, and there stood Nya, holding her cell phone with a smirk on her face.

"Gotcha…" Her only response came from Pythor.

"Oh, you're good…"

*Starting Line (deleted fan scene from Ninjaball Run)*

The spectators cheered as the racers lined up at the start/finish line. Lloyd with his Hydro Dragon and the Ninja with the Sonic Raider were the first to arrive. After them came: Cruncha and Nuckul with some bone-structured sand racer; Captain Soto and his pirates with some large van; Ed and Edna in their steampunk automobile; Lou and the Royal Blacksmiths in their fancy float-truck; and the Darkly Schoolboys in a school bus.

"Looks like we got us quite a variety of racers," said one of the announcers at the main box.

"It sure does, Hank," the other announcer replied, "but it would appear that we're a racer short. I was told that one of the racers would be driving a golden motorcycle."

"Wait, what's that in the air?" Everyone looked up to see some golden object flying around before floating down towards the area. As it came closer, they can hear No Doubt's "Hey, Baby" playing from it. When it was only a few yards from the ground, they all saw that it's Pythor on his motorcycle Gold Flash, flying about one plane wings with rockets. He has on a yellow jacket with a black stripe on each arm and a matching helmet, making him look somewhat like a male Serpentine version of Beatrix Kiddo, the Bride from Kill Bill. He also has on a pale yellow scarf flapping in the wind.

"That's the motorcyclist!" the second announcer cheered as did the other fans, mostly the girls. "That's Pythor P. Chumsworth riding his killer Yamaha, dubbed Gold Flash!"

"I can see why he called it that, Tom," the first announcer said as Pythor removed his helmet to show that he was wearing sunglasses underneath. "That ride of his gives a whole to meaning to the term 'dazzling'!" Pythor then turned to three teenage girls that Gold Flash is flying in front of and tilted his glasses down, giving them a flirty look with a smile. With a wink and a kik-kik, he caused them to squeal with delight and blushing smiles.

"The girls seem to agree with you on that one there, Hank," Tom said as Pythor then flew down and landed onto the ground, the rockets turning off and the wings retracting into the vehicle when it did.

"Show-off!" Kai called out to him with a teasing smirk. Pythor just waved at him before driving up and in between the steampunk automobile and the float-truck.

"How's it going?" he greeted them.

"Looks to me like Gold Flash is workin' like a charm there, Pythor," Ed answered with a smile. "I'm so proud of ya!"

"Now don't you forget to put your helmet back on, dear," Edna said to the Serpentine. "Don't want to go scratching that sweet gem of yours, do you?" Pythor simply chuckled in reply.

"Don't worry, Edna," he said to her as he put his helmet back on. "I won't forget." He then turned to the Royal Blacksmiths. "How's the band doing?"

"Do-ooo-ooo-ooo-ing great~" they answered in their barbershop singing. Pythor smiled in reply.

"And it looks like you still got it too," he said before giving Lou a high five. He then turned to the front of Gold Flash and flipped his helmet's face-shield down, ready to rock and roll.